Ren Xiujuan
Ren Xiujuan (
Olympic marathon, having her best placing of ninth in 1996. She also ranked fifth in the 10,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She won a global title at the 1996 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
, becoming the first Asian person to win that event.
She won the 1995 Beijing Marathon in a time of 2:30:00 and repeated that feat in 1996, improving to 2:27:13 hours. Her final race in Beijing came in 2001, when she placed third in 2:24:22 hours – a personal best.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  China
| |||||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 9th | Marathon | 2:31:21
|
| World Half Marathon Championships | Palma, Spain | 1st | Half marathon | 1:10:39 | |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 5th | 10,000 m
|
31:50.63 |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 10th | Marathon | 2:27:55 |
Personal bests
- 5000 metres - 15:49.90 min (2000)
- 10,000 metres - 31:13.21 min (1996)
- Marathon - 2:24:22 hrs (2001)
References
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